Hair protector



Dec. 1, 1925 1,563,693

C. DRUCKS HALR PROTECTOR Filed Dec. 22, 1924 IN V EN TOR. Car/ Ore/skaATTO NEY Patented Dec. 1, 1925. I

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CARL DRUCIJKIB, OF BERKELEY, CALIFQERNIA.

HAIR IPRQTEUTOFR.

Application filed December 2, 1924. Serial No. 757,863.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Cam. Duoons, a subject of the Republic of Germany,residingat Berkeley, in the county of Alameda and eStaterotwflalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Hair Protectors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates broadly to toilet ar- W ticles, and moreparticularly to hair protectors for the preservation of the hair afterthe same has been dressed.

The common -favored article for the preservation and protection of thedressed hair, in my estimation, is the hair not made from human hair.Such nets are of large c on mesh and offer some protection, but t .eyare not at all durable nor are they intended to possess long wearingproperties,

W hence, it is common to discard such a not alter but one usage becauseof tears, breaks or tangles. Attaching the said not covering to the headis by no means a close and tight fit over the hair, so at best, this notserves Q5 as a brief protection to the hair against the wind or ordinarydisarrangement that occurs in time. Furthermore, this loose net is oflittle value when worn all night as a nightcap "for the protection ofthe hair- W dressing on account of the shifting position of the headduring sleep.

Among the objects of my invention are included: A head covering of wovenmesh netting yieldable to the conformity of the head for the closefitting thereto to pack the dressed hair, whether it be bobbed, curled,maroelled or other type of dressing, close to the head and render thehair quite immovable compared to the loosely packed hair under thecommon previously mentioned human hair net; means tor positioning thecovering on the head to snugly embrace the desired portion of the head;means to firmly attach the covering to the head in the chosen setposition; means included in the attaching elements for adjusting thecovering to suit ones head; and means for reen'i'orcing the covering torender the hair protector a durable and ellicient toilet artiole,serviceable as an all night cap, or a temporary cap for evening weardirectly over the hair, or under the regular hat until it is desiredlIOlBHlOVQ the same at the arrival of ones destination, and at whichtime a little patting to the hair soon restores it to the originaloutstanding normal form.

I attain the above objects by the novel construction of my hairprotector, and other objects and advantages of the invention will appearin the subjoined description of the accompanying sheet of drawings andin which:

Figure 1 is a side view of the invention per see.

Fig. 2 is also a side view but showing the invention in use; and

Fig. 3 a haul: View of F 2.

I will now describe the invention and the several views thereof indetail: The letter F indicates the front of a head H and B the backthereof, and P my hair protector as a unit by itself previous to itsapplication to the said head.

Fig. 1 illustrates substantially the normal shape of the protector lyingflat upon a surface. The numerals represents the body of the device andwhich body reterably consists of a fabric netting oi crossing threadswith small open spaces between, and sufiiciently expansible in characterto conform to the/shape oil the head in use to confine therebetween thedressed head of hair. The body of netting is so cut and formed as toenvelop the 'hairco'vered portion of the head, and in addition anextension 5 substantially the width of the covering is provided andwhich depends in use for the purpose of permitting the taking of a firmhold of the same to position and pull the covering snugly upon the head.

Surrounding the body 4 at its edges are permanently attached, as bystitching 6, inextensible strips of flexible material 7, 8 and 9, suchas ribbon. The latter is preferably folded back upon itself with thenetting sccured between the folds as shown at the torn portion 10 l "forillustration. Longitw dinally of the body as at ll and transversely asat 12 are sewn additional strips of ribbon; also adjacent the forwardstrip '3, and substantially in normal alignment with strip 8 Fig. l, Iprefer to sew another ribbon strip 13. All of the said strips areinextensible and are for the purpose of mentorsing the comparativelytrail expansible body 4 ill) i Adjacent each side of the extension 5 andin alignment with strip 7, is sewn or otherwise permanently attacheddepending bands 14 and 15, preferably of common elastic fabric. To theextremity of the band 14 may be secured a hook member 16, and to theextremity of band 15 may be secured, by the ordinary method, a commonbuckle 17 adapted to slide on the band and form with the said end a loop18 to engage the coupling ring 19. The buckle and clasp elements formadjusting means whereby the fastening bands 14: and 15 may be adjustedby the purchaser of the hair protector to suit his or her head,

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, the advantages of the construction and method of operationwill be readily understood by those skilled in the art to which theinvention appertains, and while I have described the principle ofoperation, together with the device which I now consider to be the bestembodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shownis merely illustrative and that such changes may be made, when desired,as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is the following:

In a device of the class described, a head covering adapted to snuglyfit the head to cover the hair thereof, said covering comprising a bodyportion having a flat extension at the back thereof, a relatively widebinding around the front edge of the body portion terminating atopposite sides of said portion adjacent the ear of the wearer, arelatively narrow binding around the edge of the flaps extensionterminating adjacent the respective ends of the first-named binding,ribbon-like reinforcing strips stitched to the body portionlongitudinally and transversely thereof, the longitudinal stripextending from the front edge of the body portion to the edge of theflap extension and the transverse strip extending from the respectiveends of the binding around the edge of the body portion, and an elasticband attached to the ends of the binding around the edge of the bodyportion and adapted to engage the back of the head over the flapextension.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

CARL DRUCKS.

